Force-Controlled Balance Perturbations Associated with Falls in Older People: A Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Sturnieks, Daina L ^a   Menant, Jasmine ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a   Vanrenterghem, Jos ^b   Rogers, Mark W ^c   Fitzpatrick, Richard C ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS STEP STRATEGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; FORCE THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIPLE STEP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STEP DIRECTION; STEP INITIATION TIME; STEP LENGTH; STEP VELOCITY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84881253255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070981     Document Type: Article

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